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the distilled spirits council of the united states -- counsel of the united states predicted an increase of 5.12% on spirits, 9.7% on wine, and 8.5% on beer. >> from national brewers, national distillers, local brewers, wholesalers, restaurants, hotels grocery stores, all facets of the industry are here and they're all concerned about the the excise tax. >> reporter: mayor gray said last week his plan by allowing revenue by openinga -- letting bars stay open creates the best plan instead of a tax. >> i stand where i was. no new taxes and i don't want to move to introduce a new tax when i said i wouldn't do it. >> he believes the $20 million raised could help social services that are facing budget cuts. graham and his committee voted down the longer bar hours and made it clear it's still a no go for him, shawn. >> any idea when we might get a resolutions or a conscienceus on this one? >> reporter: it should come soon. there is a big budget meeting tomorrow and the next day and all got to be voted on before the council approved the mayor's budget. a lot of the things. the longer hours is i
the distilled spirits council of the united states -- counsel of the united states predicted an increase of 5.12% on spirits, 9.7% on wine, and 8.5% on beer. >> from national brewers, national distillers, local brewers, wholesalers, restaurants, hotels grocery stores, all facets of the industry are here and they're all concerned about the the excise tax. >> reporter: mayor gray said last week his plan by allowing revenue by openinga -- letting bars stay open creates the best plan...
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. >> the wealthiest nation on earth, i believe, the united states has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hugger and malnutrition and to partner with others. >> and when the g-8 ends on saturday, he will go to chicago for the meeting. >>> protestors are gathering in thurmont, maryland, just outside of the closed presidential retreat. tom fitzgerald is there and is the up to ready? >> reporter: from the looks of it from what we have seen, they have enough police to handle anything. the question remains, though, are they going to be needed? while a small army of media and law enforcement descended on the town of thurmont, they joind by a small number of 1 dozen protestors. thurmont, maryland, population, 6,000 this weekend, that number is going up. ahead of the g-8 economic sum it, this small town in western maryland is as close as anyone who is not invited to camp david will get to camp david. >> we're used to presidential visits. they occur all of the time. and they're up the road here. >> reporter: corporal jason west said that beefed up federal, state, and local law enforc
. >> the wealthiest nation on earth, i believe, the united states has a moral obligation to lead the fight against hugger and malnutrition and to partner with others. >> and when the g-8 ends on saturday, he will go to chicago for the meeting. >>> protestors are gathering in thurmont, maryland, just outside of the closed presidential retreat. tom fitzgerald is there and is the up to ready? >> reporter: from the looks of it from what we have seen, they have enough...
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states. the chinese dissident is blind but managed to escape from house arrest and to go to the u.s. embassy for refuge. he first agreed to a deal and then said he and his family feared their lives and wanted to leave. hillary clinton said she was offered a scholarship and will be offered a u.s. visa. >> we're also encouraged bow the official statement issued by the chinese government confirming that he is apply to travel abroad for this purpose. >> clinton is in china for two days. >>> last night during our 11:00 p.m. newscast and this morning, we aired a report at a beating at a mcdonald's on i street in the district. we reported the suspect was 35- year-old barbara roberson and aired a picture of hear. of the woman in the picture, this picture was of the wrong barbara roberson, an upstanding citizens and not a suspect. the victim wrongly identified this picture as that of her attacker and this is not the picture of the suspect. the police apologized to miss roberson and this family and we
states. the chinese dissident is blind but managed to escape from house arrest and to go to the u.s. embassy for refuge. he first agreed to a deal and then said he and his family feared their lives and wanted to leave. hillary clinton said she was offered a scholarship and will be offered a u.s. visa. >> we're also encouraged bow the official statement issued by the chinese government confirming that he is apply to travel abroad for this purpose. >> clinton is in china for two days....
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. >> as a matter of international law, the united states in is in an armed conflict with al qaeda, the taliban and some associated forces and we may use force consistent with our inherent rights of national self-defense. >> reporter: the language the former bush administration officials note is strikingly familiar to the republican justifications that candidate obama ripped in 2008. >> represents a 180y in his direction. hypocritical in a sense he continues to criticize those who believe in enhanced interrogation and, nonetheless, does this, which is far more intrusive, i would say. >> reporter: the republicans call this timing of themaive leak to the new york times and whether it was aimed at making the president look more hawkish. >> why this information and the people are target side led out to the press is shocking and fits a pattern of abuse of sensitive intelligence and national security information. >> reporter: white house officials insist there was nothing inappropriate and note the president's more direct hands-on approach has deliberate results. most notably taking out osama
. >> as a matter of international law, the united states in is in an armed conflict with al qaeda, the taliban and some associated forces and we may use force consistent with our inherent rights of national self-defense. >> reporter: the language the former bush administration officials note is strikingly familiar to the republican justifications that candidate obama ripped in 2008. >> represents a 180y in his direction. hypocritical in a sense he continues to criticize those...
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and in the united states senate has been the greatest honor of my public life. >> reporter: republican primary voters in indiana have decided they don't want senator luger to serve a seventh term. they ousted him in favor of the tea party person. >> the democrats coming to the republicans point of view. >> reporter: democrats show their appreciation of luger. the president wrote, quote, while dick and i didn't agree on everything, i found in my time in the senate, he was often willing to reach across the aisle and get things done. luger's loss has men wondering what this means for the makeup of the senate. the dnc chair said that murdoch's win proves the tea party and gop are now one in the same. others argue democrats should be concerned about holding on to their slim senate lead. >> and this is a big win. can murdoch hold the seat in november, and i think he's likely to. >> reporter: in wisconsin, democratic primary voters decided a gubernatorial recall election next month will be a rematch of the 2010 race. while in north carolina, voters passed a constitutional ban on same-sex marr
and in the united states senate has been the greatest honor of my public life. >> reporter: republican primary voters in indiana have decided they don't want senator luger to serve a seventh term. they ousted him in favor of the tea party person. >> the democrats coming to the republicans point of view. >> reporter: democrats show their appreciation of luger. the president wrote, quote, while dick and i didn't agree on everything, i found in my time in the senate, he was often...
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. >>> syria's ambassador is being told to get out of the united states. the u.s. joins others in expelling the syrian diplomats after the syrian government massacred its civilians. tom fitzgerald spent the day at the syrian embassy. what is the reaction? >> reporter: at one point, we were at the syrian embassy today and a woman identified herself as a press representative that came out of the embassy and said there might be statement and never returned this is in direction response to the syrian government-ordered massacre to order 100 of its own people. at the syrian embassy in washington, no one was talking about the obama administration's decision to expel syria's top dip lotma in the u.s. >> and we took this reaction. >> reporter: the state department spokeswoman denounced syrian president assad for the executions of 108 people as part of his crackdown against protestors. >> and that is absolutely indefensible, vial e despebbleable massacre against innocent children, women, shot at point-blank range. >> reporter: the u.n. estimates 9,000 syrians were killed by
. >>> syria's ambassador is being told to get out of the united states. the u.s. joins others in expelling the syrian diplomats after the syrian government massacred its civilians. tom fitzgerald spent the day at the syrian embassy. what is the reaction? >> reporter: at one point, we were at the syrian embassy today and a woman identified herself as a press representative that came out of the embassy and said there might be statement and never returned this is in direction...
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states today. >> reporter: the congressman's attempted intervention on abortion interventioned prompted many city residents to call ironically for more constituents service. >> and i live in the district and i am glad that mr. franks is so into taking care of all of our urban problems. one thing he could do is to continue the federal funding for the metro. >> reporter: eugene kenlow brought a photo of a d.c. pothole. >> and going to be into our d.c. government, he might as well take care of the potholes, to. >> reporter: some came to get him to intervon on confusing parking regulations and many referred to the arizona republicanman as mayor franks. >> and one thing he could do is the anacostia river. it's dirty and needs to be cleaned. i brought the plunger along to bring to him to help plunge the river. >> reporter: and his d.c. office was closed for the day. the house is on recent, though other members' offices were staffed with workers and the protestors tried to leave their ironic suggestions on the door of the congressman's office but capitol police would not allow it. we tried to
states today. >> reporter: the congressman's attempted intervention on abortion interventioned prompted many city residents to call ironically for more constituents service. >> and i live in the district and i am glad that mr. franks is so into taking care of all of our urban problems. one thing he could do is to continue the federal funding for the metro. >> reporter: eugene kenlow brought a photo of a d.c. pothole. >> and going to be into our d.c. government, he might...
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are there areas the united states needs to do a better job in as far as taking the fight against terrorism both domestically and overseas that we have not moved into just yet? >> and the strength is on the technological side. what we have to always work at is that human intelligence. there is no substitute for having reliable source of information that speak the language fluently, can imbed themselves inside the groups and can give us reliable confidence. >> thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >> and. >>> it was a move they thought they had to make during tough financial times. the d.c. council voted to furlough most city workers for four days and then the mayor proposed the planta pa back. and matt ackland has more. >> reporter: esemployees like the idea of getting the four days of pay and that would cost the city $22 million. today, the council couldn't come to an agreement and the measure failed. a compromise is offered to -- when the city would get a clearer picture. some said no to four days now when they need the money in other places. >> and no one is suggest anyone like
are there areas the united states needs to do a better job in as far as taking the fight against terrorism both domestically and overseas that we have not moved into just yet? >> and the strength is on the technological side. what we have to always work at is that human intelligence. there is no substitute for having reliable source of information that speak the language fluently, can imbed themselves inside the groups and can give us reliable confidence. >> thank you for joining us...
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it's not with a particular country but with the terrorists who attacked us and threatened the united states and allies around the world. >> reporter: the bin laden letters detailed how he hoped to deliver a major address of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. that letter was dated on april 26th of the 2011 and as you know, bin laden was killed by u.s. military special forces five days later, shawn. >> tom fitzgerald, thank you. >>> the delicate relationship between the u.s. and china may be tested today as the diplomatic situation involving a well-known chinese dissident threatens to overshadow high- level talks taking place there now and fox's peter ducey has the latest. >> reporter: this chinese dissident trying to explain why he changeed his mind about staying in china, after agreeing to leave the american embassy in beijing where he was hiding out for almost a week. he said he made the decision to stay without having all of the information, claiming he was told that his wife and family were threatened by government officials in his home village. his relocation would not be
it's not with a particular country but with the terrorists who attacked us and threatened the united states and allies around the world. >> reporter: the bin laden letters detailed how he hoped to deliver a major address of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. that letter was dated on april 26th of the 2011 and as you know, bin laden was killed by u.s. military special forces five days later, shawn. >> tom fitzgerald, thank you. >>> the delicate relationship between...